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Why Poland matters

Polish voters have the opportunity tomorrow either to deliver a check to the worldwide campaign to wind back liberal democracy, or to give it further momentum.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Ideas, Political issues 3 Comments 12 October 201926 January 2022

Election preview: Poland

Poland looks set for a very close election on Sunday, with its right-wing government starting as a narrow favorite.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 11 October 20192 September 2020

More thoughts about judicial review

The decision about prorogation is not the only controversy Britain's supreme court has engaged in recently. An attempt to rein in the intelligence services raised some similar issues.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Europe, Ideas, Political issues 2 Comments 9 October 201926 January 2022

Socialists back in Portugal

A good result for the opinion polls, as Portuguese voters deliver a vote of confidence in their centre-left government.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 7 October 2019

Election preview: Portugal

Portugal's election on Sunday is expected to produce a triumph for the centre-left – rather an untypical thing in Europe these days.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 4 October 2019

Brexit, always Brexit

Another week, another round of Brexit manoeuvring. Is the British government serious about a deal?

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Kurz’s choice in Austria

Austria's centre-right leader has done well enough in his country's election to have a free choice of coalition partners. Good news also for the Greens; less so for centre-left and far right.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 4 Comments 30 September 2019

Jacques Chirac’s greatest hits

A look through the Crikey archive at the career of former French president Jacques Chirac, who died last week.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues Leave a comment 30 September 201926 January 2022

Election preview: Austria

Austria's young centre-right leader looks set for a good result on Sunday, and should have some new options for forming government.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 4 Comments 27 September 2019

Brexit: the judges take a hand

Boris Johnson loses big at the supreme court. It's a radical decision, but one with a solid grounding in the peculiarities of British constitutional law.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 7 Comments 25 September 201926 January 2022

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